Motivational Quotes

Communication

Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.

- Whately, Richard

Best Quotes about Communication

The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

Robbins, Anthony

It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met.

Lincoln, Abraham

Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

Rosten, Leo

To express the most difficult matters clearly and intelligently, is to strike coins out of pure gold.

Geibel

Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.

Teague, Jr., Freeman

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it; for error is always talkative.

Goldsmith, Oliver

The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.

Irving, Washington

If you cry Forward you must be sure to make clear the direction in which to go. Don't you see that if you fail to do that and simply call out the word to a monk and a revolutionary, they will go in precisely opposite directions?

Chekhov, Anton

10.

Of what does not concern you say nothing good or bad.

Proverb, Italian

11.

You people are telling me what you think I want to know.I want to know what is actually happening.

Abrams, Creighton

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The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.

Warren, Earl

13.

In the last analysis, what we ARE communicates far more eloquently than anything we SAY.

14.

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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Ninety-nine percent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings which develop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

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Get in touch with the way the other person feels. Feelings are 55% body language, 38% tone and 7% words.

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Communication is depositing a part of yourself in another person.

18.

Communication is not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

Piece, John A.

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Use non-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S = Smile O = Open Posture F = Forward Lean T = Touch E = Eye Contact N = Nod.

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Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

Rohn, Jim

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What is the shortest word in the English language that contains the letters: abcdef? Answer: feedback. Don't forget that feedback is one of the essential elements of good communication.

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Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

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Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

Dickens, Charles

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I've noticed two things about men who get big salaries. They are almost invariably men who, in conversation or in conference, are adaptable. They quickly get the other fellow's view. They are more eager to do this than to express their own ideas. Also, they state their own point of view convincingly.

Hallock, John

25.

For good or ill, your conversation is your advertisement. Every time you open your mouth you let men look into your mind. Do they see it well clothed, neat, businesswise?

Burton, Bruce

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The careful application of terror is also a form of communication.

27.

The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.

White, Elwyn Brooks

28.

The art of communication is the language of leadership.

Humes, James

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Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.

Milton, John

30.

The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively, but says nothing.

Haskins, Henry S.

31.

It's vital the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.

Carnegie, Dale

33.

For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.

Ade, George

34.

There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

Carnegie, Dale

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Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.

Whately, Richard

36.

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.

Truman, Harry S

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Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.

Judith Martin

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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.

Menander of Athens

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The higher you go, the wider spreads the network of communication that will make or break you. It extends not only to more people below, but to new levels above. And it extends all around, to endless other departments and interests interacting with yours.

Walton, Donald

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Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures --in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together.

Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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I wish people that have trouble communicating would just shut up!

Lehrer, Tom

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Communication across the revolutionary divide is inevitably partial.

Kuhn, Thomas S.

44.

We always speak well when we manage to be understood.

Moliere

45.

Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers.

Brown, Les

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Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Frost, Robert

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Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

Rohn, Jim

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Two monologues do not make a dialogue.

Daly, Jeff

49.

You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listen to you if you can make a statement whereby their response is, No Shit! or at least, No kidding!

Boardman, Gael

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I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

Lehrer, Tom